Famous People with Name Hermann

Hermann Sehrig            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hermann Sehrig: German Sculptor and Painter. Apart from his activity as teacher for art, particularly for ceramic(s) he painted in oil and Pastels, as painter, furthermore a sculptor. In 1933 he had build together with his wife, the artist Else Sehrig-Vehling, his own atelier in Düsseldorf.(Hetjens Museum: German ceramic(s) of the 20th Century)

Hermann Wilker            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hermann Wilker: was a Germany rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1900 he was a crew member of the German boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours. Twelve years later he won the gold medal in the coxed fours as part of the German team.

Hermann Von Bönninghausen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hermann Von Bönninghausen: was a German athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died after World War I due to injury by being shot in the face. In the 100 metres event at the 1908 Summer Games, von Bönninghausen took fifth place in his first round heat with a time of 12.0 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals. He also participated in the long jump competition but his final ranking is unknown.

Hermann Burkowitz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hermann Burkowitz: was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the German relay team which was eliminated in the first of the 4x400 metre relay competition.

Hermann Köhler            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hermann Köhler: is a former sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He represented West Germany and competed for the club TV Wattenscheid.

Grete Hermann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Grete Hermann: was a German mathematician and philosopher. She studied mathematics at Göttingen under Emmy Noether, where she achieved her Ph.D. in 1926. Her doctoral thesis, Die Frage der endlich vielen Schritte in der Theorie der Polynomideale, published in Mathematis

Kai Hermann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kai Hermann: is a German journalist born in 1938,[1] who contributed to the magazines Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Twen, and Stern, and published multiple works including "La révolte des étudiants" and "Intervention décisive à Mogadiscio". He is also co-author of Moi, Chris

Alexander Hermann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Alexander Hermann: was an officer in the armies of various German states, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts with August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg - due to their heavy taxation, this was also known as the "three great W(oes)" of Prussia (Wartenberg, Wartensleben, Wittgenstein).

Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann: was a German chemist who independently discovered cadmium in 1817. Cadmium was discovered in 1817 by a physician, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835). The element was first found in the condensation of vapors (mixed with soot and zinc oxide) that rose out of a furnace in which zinc oxide was being roasted. Cadmium’s discovery is also loosely attributed to K.S.L. Hermann and J.C.H. Roloff who may have found cadmium in zinc oxide during the same year

Karl Friedrich Hermann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Karl Friedrich Hermann: was a German classical scholar and antiquary. Having studied philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig (and taking a degree in 1826), he went on a tour of Italy, on his return from which he lectured as Privatdozent in Heidelberg. In 1832, he was appointed to the chair of philosophy at University of Marburg, and in 1833 received the additional offices of second librarian to the university, and director of the philological seminary.